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Prof. Ajay Patnaik
Advisory Editor
 Prof.
Patnaik, an authority on Central Asian Developmental Issues, is an ardent researcher and
educator. Presently with School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University,
India, he is guiding researches on Central Asia. He has published about 40 papers in
journals of international repute and authored various books like Nations, Minorities
and States in Central Asia, State Building in Tajikistan, Central Asia
between Modernity and Tradition, Commonwealth of Independent States : Problems and
Prospects and Perestroika and Women Labour Force in Soviet Central Asia etc. He
has been invited by various universities in UK, Russia and India to deliver lectures and
present his research work. Prof. Patnaik is also the Executive Editor of journal - Contemporary
Central Asia.
Anil Ghanghas
Legal Advisor
 Mr.
Ghanghas is a practicing lawyer in Punjab and Haryana High Court, Chandigarh since last
seven years. As corporate lawyer he has specialized in matters like Labour Law, Taxation
and Consumer Affairs. Additionally, he is also handling civil and criminal cases.
Prof. A.K. Dikshit
Advisory Editor
 Prof. Dikshit
is guiding B.Tech, M.Tech and Ph.D researches at IIT Mumbai. He has been invited to
deliver lectures on various aspects of environment for various courses organized by NSS
training and Orientation Centre, IIT Kharagpur and other Institutes of repute. Prof.
Dikshit has visited various countries like U.S.A, Germany, France, Austria and Bhutan and
attended/ conducted various training programs abroad.
He has been instrumental in development of various Environmental Software like GWDB: for
interactive Ground Water Data Base management (Commercially available; Copyright with
Cornell University), FemGW: for uncoupled FEM modelling of Ground Water pollutant
transport and simulation, CASP: for Computer aided design of Activated Sludge Process,
RAQSIM: for Regional Air Quality Simulation, RVRSIM: for Simulating Water Quality in River
Systems and DAWAT: for Designing A Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Prof. Dikshit has got impeccable expertise in application of GIS for the estimation of
non-point source pollutant loadings, water distribution network information system;
locating solid wastes landfill sites, risk assessment due to water quality, designing
solid wastes collection systems in urban areas, urban storm water management and assessing
regional biodiversity and its temporal changes.
Dr. Anjali Pal
Advisory Editor
 Dr Pal, a
doctorate from Calcutta University, is Scientific Officer with Department of Civil
Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. She has more than fifteen
years’ research experience in India, USA and Japan. During her academic career, she
has won numerous awards like National Scholarship, Convention Award (Indian Chemical
Society, 1988), Advanced Technology Award / International Hall of Fame Award (Inventors
Club of America, 1993) and R & D 100 - Award (DOE, USA, 1994).
Dr. Pal has about 70 publications in standard national / international journals to her
credit and her research interest are in the fields of Environmental Science,
Nanomaterials, Natural Product Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry and Photochemistry.
She is an active Reviewer / Referee for internationally reputed journals.
Annette van der Hoek
Associate Editor – Tourism and Culture
 Ms Hoek, a doctorate in Indology, has taught Hindi in India Instituut,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands. She is a prolific writer, translator and co-founder secretary
of ‘Baalak’, an N.G.O. that concerns itself with child labour issues in India
and Nepal. She has written for and reviewed various publications for advertising agencies
and companies in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. She has published numerous translations and
articles on Indology including Bhakti, God-notion and Worldview; and devotional Hindi
poetry. She also writes on Dutch love poetry. Ms Hoek, also being a Travel Adviser and
Tour Leader has traveled and made people travel a lot in all corners of the world.
B.I. Singal
Advisory Editor
 Mr. Singal, a
well known name in the profession, has steered numerous projects and organizations to
success. With RITES, he graced the chair of Board Director and Chief Executive. His vast
experience include Planning, Design, Construction, Operation and Maintenance of Rail
Transit in Hong Kong, Planning and Design of Rail Transit in Taipei, Development of a US$
50M privately financed project for RITES, Research, Design and Standardization on Indian
Railways, Operation, Maintenance and Construction on Indian Railways and Highways &
Urban environment. His impeccable strengths in project preparation, project management,
preparation of financing plans for infrastructure projects, conceptualization and planning
for cost effective solutions etc. has earned him laurels.
He has been invited to write papers, chair sessions and to speak at conferences. He has
published / presented more than 80 papers on project management, urban transport, rail
transit, track design, and financing of infrastructure projects in/at National and
International magazines / journals / conferences.
He has been visiting lecturer on Track Work, Urban Transport and Project Management to
prestigious institutions in India, such as Indian Railways Institute of Advanced Track
Technology, HUDCO Institute of Human settlement, Indian Institute of Public Administration
and Delhi School of Planning and Architecture. He has also graced the chairs like Invited
Professor at the CNAM, Paris, France; Member of the International Scientific Committee
of CODATU (1996-1998, Chairman Organizing Committee, CODATU-VII International Conference
on Urban Transport in Delhi, in 1996, Founder Vice President, The Institute of Urban
Transport, India [1997 to 2001] etc.
Mr. Singal has been interviewed by the Press and Television on numerous occasions.
Additionally, he has been an active educator and delivered series of lectures on
‘Rail Transit’ and allied aspects like urban environment, causes thereof and
remedies. He has guided and examined post graduate students for their Master’s thesis
at the School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi and was member of the World Bank group
in India and internationally in the year 2000 for strategic review of their urban
transport policy.
He is member of professional bodies like Institution of Engineers (India), Institution of
Civil Engineers (London), and Chartered Eng. (UK).
Prof. Babu J. Alappat
Advisory Editor
 Prof.
Alappat is teaching courses like Solid Waste Management, Environmental Engineering and
Thermal Techniques for Waste Management and guiding various researches at M.Tech and Ph.D
level at Department of Civil Engineering, I.I.T. Delhi.
Earlier, Dr. Alappat was Invited Professor in Ecole Des Mines, Nantes, France and
with Department of Civil Engineering, I.I.T. Kharagpur.
He has published about 50 papers in journals of international repute. His research
interests include Environmental Engineering, Solid Waste Management, Incineration and
Circulating Fluidized Bed Operations.
D.R. Shankar Iyer
Advisory Editor
 Mr.
Iyer, a Civil Engineer, has been involved in planning, design, construction &
management of major construction projects Gujarat during his tenure as Joint Secretary
& Chief Engineer in Irrigation Department, Government of Gujarat. As senior consultant
he has been involved in feasibility studies of a number of water supply projects starting
from conceptualisation and planning of the water supply scheme to finalisation of the
water sources, basic engineering & preliminary designs, working out the O & M
costs, and determination of the technical & financial viability of the projects and
also carrying out different level environmental & social assessment of the projects.
He has been actively involved in carrying several Environmental Management Studies like
Rapid EIA studies for on land and off shore 60 MLD effluent pipe line project of BEAIF
project, EIA of ground water recharge scheme in Sultanate of Oman, Muskat, EIA studies of
several national highways projects etc.
He has over 25 technical papers to his credit and has participated in various seminars and
conferences including a workshop on Natural Systems Management conducted by East
West Center, Honolulu Hawaii, USA.
Harjendra Chaudhary
Advisory Editor
 Prof.
Chaudhary, an eminent scholar and literary personality, is Visiting Professor of Indology
at University of Warsaw, Poland. Earlier, he was visiting professor at Osaka University of
Foreign Languages, Japan and Reader with Delhi University, India.
He is a keen researcher and an authority on Indology, particularly Indian culture and
languistics. Prof. Chaudhary, a prolific writer and poet, has published many books and
literary works.
He has been invited by various universities in Asia and Europe to deliver lectures and
present his literary work.
J.P. Singh
Executive Editor
 Mr.
Singh, a consulting economist, has steered large assignments in sectors like roads and
highways, traffic and transport, airports, power, gas, renewable energy, tourism, Special
Economic Zones and socio-economic planning. As an economist his work includes
techno-economic and financial viability studies, review of financial management systems,
institutional capacity assessment, market analyses and strategy formulation, project
finance, risk analyses, development of public private partnership policy frameworks,
socio-economic studies including poverty impact assessment, environment economics,
particularly Clean Development Mechanism and sustainable development.
His experience spans from research and teaching to consulting. His professional
capabilities include identifying, conceptualizing, formulating and processing projects;
and undertaking analyses of sectors, policies and projects. He has worked as consultant
for various government departments and funding agencies including World Bank and Asian
Development Bank in India as well as abroad. He has authored a number of papers, articles
and reports of strategic importance in his area of specialization.
Jyotirmoy Mukherjee
Associate Editor - Environment
 Mr. Mukherjee, a Masters in Ecology & Environment and Post Graduate Diploma
in Environment Management, has varied experience of working in diversified projects in the
field of environment. His working experience varies from Environmental Impact Assessment
Studies of various Infrastructure and Industrial projects, Urban Development, Solid Waste
and Hazardous Waste Management, Pipeline, Sustainable Development Projects and Social
Impact Assessment including Resettlement and Rehabilitation Studies. He is well versed
with the environmental monitoring of various parameters like air, water, noise, soil and
ecological aspects. He has attended number of seminars, workshops and conferences in India
and abroad. He has undergone a eight days training programme on Water Quality Monitoring
related to South Asia Tran boundary Water Quality Monitoring Project, held in Katmandu,
Nepal organized by Sandia National Laboratories, Mexico, USA.
Jonas Hagen
Contributing Editor
 Mr. Hagen, an
activist and prolific writer on sustainable urban planning and urban transit, has been
involved with various transit projects in Colombia and New York City, where he has worked
for the United Nations as a journalist. With professional experience in Europe, Latin
America, and the United States, Jonas aims to improve equity and the environment through
his work.
Dr. Krishan Sheoran
Advisory Editor
 Dr.
Sheoran, alumni of Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and an ardent researcher, has
been associated with various research studies of strategic importance on environment and
tourism.
Besides it, he has specialized in technology transfer for dry land farming. He has done
extensive research on this subject in India and Israel. He was invited by the Organic
Farmers Association of Austria for consultation. He has also been involved as research
consultant with University of Hiroshima, Japan.
His research work has been published in various referred journals of international repute
and he has been invited in various conferences for the presentation of research work in
Germany and Austria. His latest book on India : A Systematic Study has received lot
of appreciation.
Dr. Sheoran is an avid traveler and has mountineered and tracked extensively in Himalayas
and Alps. He climbed Mount Nandakot (satellite peak of Nanda Devi) in India and Mount
Speilman (2nd highest peak of Austria).
Dr. Munenori Sawa
Advisory Editor
 Dr. Sawa is
Associate Professor of Human Geography, Department of Social Environment, Kobe University,
Japan. His specialization is in rural development and spatial pattern of human
settlements.
He has done extensive research in his area of specialization in India and Japan. He has
been invited by various universities in Asia and Europe to present his research work and
for educational programs.
Prof. N.N. Som
Advisory Editor
 Born in 1941,
Prof. Nitin Som graduated in Civil Engineering from Jadavpur University in 1961 and
obtained his Ph.D. from University of London in 1968. He did pioneering work in
stress-path method of settlement analysis which marked an important contribution to the
understanding of deformation behaviour of soils in the field. He has been a faculty in the
Department of Civil Engineering Jadavpur University since 1970 and a Professor since 1979.
He has been the Head of Civil Engineering Department and also served Dean, Faculty of
Engineering & Technology of the University.
Professor Som has been intimately connected with the civil engineering profession of the
country for almost thirty five years. His expertise in soft clay engineering has earned
him wide recognition an expert on of foundations and excavations in weak soil. He was
involved with the construction of Calcutta Metro, as their prime geotechnical consultant.
He has also served as geotechnical consultant to Delhi Metro Rail Project and a number of
highway projects in India. His areas of research are underground construction in soft
ground soil, structure interaction in weak soil, ground improvement, environmental
geotechnique, geotextile applications etc. He has authored more than hundred technical
papers in national and international journals and conferences. Prof Som served with
distinction a two-year term as the President Indian Geotechnical Society in 1999-2000. He
also delivered the IGS Annual lecture in 1998 and was conferred the IGS-Kuckelmann award
in 2002. Prof Som is a Life Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India), the Indian
Geotechnical Society and a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering.
Namrita Talwar
Contributing Editor
 Namrita
Talwar is a New York based science journalist. She is an alumnus of New York University
and is currently working at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
Rahul Lama
Office Assistant
 Mr. Lama, a kung fu
wizard, takes care of the office and all fellow workers. His dedication to work,
punctuality and caring nature keeps the office ambience bubbly and pleasant.
Raman
Technical Advisor
 Mr.
Raman, a Microsoft Certified System Engineer and having profound knowledge and expertise
in software languages likes C, C++, Visual Basic and impeccable interfaces with Core Java
2.0, HTTP, FTP, Fox-Pro, Oracle, and Sun Star Office is providing technical support to us.
His domain / application areas of expertise are application programming using VB,
networking application programming using HTTP and network management.
Being a man of team spirit Mr. Raman has always been associated with new initiatives and
group activities.
Dr. R.S. Vantaram
Advisory Editor
 Dr. Vantaram, has twenty years of experience in environment field. He has
worked with reputed research institutions, non-governmental organizations and consulting
firms like Tata Energy Research Institute, Orissa Industrial Technical Consultancy
Organization, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute and CES (India) Pvt.
Ltd and contributed his key input more than forty projects. He has worked for various
government departments and funding agencies including World Bank, Asian Development Bank
and African Development Bank in India as well as abroad. His experience ranges from
Environmental Impact Assessment Studies (Infrastructure & Industrial Projects), Urban
Environmental Studies, Water Resources Management Natural Resource Management,
Occupational health to air quality studies. He has executed all type of consulting related
activities like preparation of proposals, execution and implementation of work and
obtaining clearances from various statutory authorities. He has authored a number of
papers, articles and reports of strategic importance in his area of specialization.
Satyendra Singh
Associate Editor - Travel, Tourism & Hospitality
 Mr. Singh is a trained hospitality professional having an impeccable expertise
and professional experience of planning, organizing and managing the whole gamut of
activities in Travel, Tourism & Hospitality related businesses. As hospitality
professional, his areas of core specialization include conceptualization of the projects,
assessment of market demand, formulation of implementation plans, configuration and
preparation of layout plans for facilities, supervision of the implementation, manpower
planning including staffing, recruiting & training; and marketing.
Additionally, Mr. Singh’s specialization as brand strategist and his flavor for new
launches & promos are unparalleled.
Mr. Singh has been associated with CHA Hotels & Resorts Pvt. Ltd. (Hyderabad), Choice
Hotels International (Bangalore, Ahmedabad & Hyderabad) and with the Taj Palace Hotel.
Besides this, he has been associated with various market studies in Travel, Tourism and
Hospitality sector.
Sunil Choukiker
Executive Editor - Environment
 Mr. Choukiker is a qualified and dynamic environmental engineer. With a degree
in civil engineering under his belt, he specialized in Environmental Engineering and
Management from IIT Kharagpur. He has been involved in the various research activities
especially in the field of wastewater treatment and software development.
His other areas of specialization include environmental systems management, environment
and social impact assessment, environmental planning, environmental review of industrial
and infrastructure projects, software development and modeling, pollution control (air,
water, noise, land) monitoring, bio-diversity conversion, clean development mechanism and
health, safety and risk assessment.
As consulting environmental engineer, Mr. Choukiker has worked for various international
funding agencies like ADB, World Bank and various government agencies; and has handled
large assignments in specialized areas like wastewater treatment, air, noise and water
quality monitoring and management, solid waste management, ecosystem conservation, water
supply and management, infrastructure development (highways / expressways / airports /
sewerage / sanitation) , environmental review of industrial and infrastructure projects
and eco-tourism. He has an impeccable proficiency in mathematical modeling and
optimization techniques and their application in the field of environmental management.
He has published papers, articles in journals of international repute. His work titled
“Optimal Design of Wastewater Treatment Systems” has been recognized
internationally.
Dr. Takeshi Minamino
Advisory Editor
 Dr.
Minamino is Associate Professor in Hyogi University of Teacher Education, Japan. His
specialization is in water resource management in rural-urban settlements. He has done
extensive research work in Asia and Europe and is avid traveler.
He has visited various countries across the continents. He also has impeccable
specialization in cartography and has been instrumental in making maps of rural
settlements in India.
Vikram Sura
Contributing Editor
 Mr. Sura, a
keen observer of global developmental issues and a prolific writer, is information officer
with the United Nations. He is an alumnus of Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and
Columbia University, New York.
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